HSTA recent news
Jill Meinecke2023-11-13T15:06:08-10:00November 13, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: donations, HSTA Maui Chapter, Lahaina wildfires, Maui, Maui chapter, maui wildfires, relief checks|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association will provide a second and final relief check to any member and any HSTA-Retired member who cannot live in their primary residence on Maui because of damage or destruction by the Maui wildfires.
Jill Meinecke2023-11-07T16:02:23-10:00November 7, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Aloha United Way, Hawaii Education Association, Hawaii Public Radio, HSTA executive director, HSTA staff, Joan Husted, PBS Hawaii, public education|
A celebration of life has been set for Joan Lee Husted, one of the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s founding mothers who worked for the union for 34 years and retired as its executive director. Husted’s celebration of life will be held at the John A. Burns Hall of the Keʻehi Lagoon Memorial on Sunday, Nov. 19, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Jill Meinecke2023-11-07T15:07:25-10:00November 7, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: HSTA, HSTA logo, logo redesign, new logo, strategic goals|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association has begun the process of updating its iconic triangular logo, and we want your input on how the next logo should look.
Jill Meinecke2023-11-06T12:06:48-10:00November 6, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Ashley Olson, Dr. Jill Biden, first lady Jill Biden, HSTA Board of Directors, HSTA Maui Chapter, Jr., Lahaina wildfires, Mike Landes, Osa Tui, President Joe Biden|
For the second time since wildfires struck Maui in early August, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden spent part of her Saturday on a Zoom call with the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association Board of Directors to offer her love and support to educators dealing with the disaster’s aftermath.
Jill Meinecke2023-11-03T17:25:06-10:00November 3, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Campbell High, Dive Into Education event, Farrington High, Hawaii Education Association, Kapolei High, Leilehua High, Pearl City High School, teacher shortage, University of Hawaiʻi–West Oʻahu|
More than 130 students from seven public high schools interested in teaching and other public education careers gathered Friday at the University of Hawaiʻi–West Oʻahu for the first-ever Dive Into Education event organized by students to encourage more of their peers to enter classroom professions to address Hawaiʻi’s teacher shortage.
Jill Meinecke2024-04-15T16:15:59-10:00November 2, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: 2024 legislative session, evacuation plan, Hawaii State House of Representatives, HIDOE, House Speaker Scott Saiki, Lahaina, Lahaina wildfires, Maui fires, maui wildfires, Schools Working Group|
Emergency evacuation plans for individual public schools are not easily accessible and need to be made available for public feedback, the state House Schools Working Group recommended in a draft report released this week.
Jill Meinecke2024-01-30T18:54:59-10:00November 1, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: 2024 legislative session, Affordable housing, BU 05, government relations, Government Relations Committee, Hawaii Board of Education, hawaii state legislature, HSTA legislative priorities, legislative priorities, pension, step increases, teacher tax credit|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association encourages the community and decision-makers to ensure our public schools receive proper funding and resources to foster positive learning experiences for our students and bolster teaching as a respectable and viable career for educators.
Jill Meinecke2023-10-31T15:44:52-10:00October 31, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: female athletes, gender disparities, James Campbell High School, sex discrimination, student athletes, Title IX|
Hawaiʻi education officials on Friday agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by female athletes at the state’s largest public high school alleging widespread and systemic sex discrimination, as well as retaliation against the girls who raised those concerns, The New York Times reported.
Jill Meinecke2023-12-10T11:39:27-10:00October 31, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: donate, gofundme, Lahaina, maui wildfires, teachers, wildfires|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association is compiling a list of teachers affected by the Maui wildfires and sharing their donation pages for those who'd like to help.
Jill Meinecke2023-10-27T15:47:06-10:00October 27, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: AANHPI, Asian Americans, Mazie Hirono, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, Sen. Hirono, student data, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate|
U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D, Hawaii) Thursday reintroduced the All Students Count Act of 2023, which would require more comprehensive and equitable disaggregation of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) student data in K-12 schools, helping to ensure that AANHPI student groups are better accounted for and supported by schools across the country.
